ROBIN
What does "ROBIN" mean?
A small songbird with a distinctive red or orange breast, common in gardens.
Meanings
- The European robin, a small brown bird with an orange-red face and breast. A robin perched on the spade handle, watching for worms.
- The American robin, a larger thrush with a brick-red breast, unrelated to the European bird. The first robin on the lawn is a sign of spring across North America.
Did you know?
- The American robin and the European robin share a name only by coincidence: settlers named the unfamiliar red-breasted thrush after the little bird from home, though the two belong to entirely different families.
Word origin
From the personal name 'Robin', a diminutive of 'Robert'; the bird was once called 'robin redbreast', a familiar pet-name applied to the species.
Remember it
ROBIN starts a 'Red Orange Breast In Nature' - the bird's badge is right there in the first letters.
A little poem
Red breast on bare snow-
the only fire in the yard
that asks for nothing.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is the robin a terrible secret-keeper? It always shows up wearing its heart on its chest.
What it teaches
Two things can wear the same name and the same colour and still come from completely different roots - resemblance is not relation.
Quick facts
What does ROBIN mean?
A small songbird with a distinctive red or orange breast, common in gardens.
Is ROBIN a valid word?
Yes — ROBIN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ROBIN?
ROBIN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ROBIN come from?
From the personal name 'Robin', a diminutive of 'Robert'; the bird was once called 'robin redbreast', a familiar pet-name applied to the species.
What can ROBIN teach us?
Two things can wear the same name and the same colour and still come from completely different roots - resemblance is not relation.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.